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Device ,for Washing (llbthes.

No. 238,213. Patented March 1,1881.

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JAMES B. OALKINS, OF PACIFIC, MISSOURI.

DEVICE FOR WASHING CLOTHES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 238,213, dated March 1, 1881. Application filed September 3, 1880. (Model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES B. GALKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pacific, in the county of Franklin and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for W'ashing Clothin g, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and convenient device for rubbing clothes upon a common wash-board; and the invention consists in a certain form of construction, which will first be described, and then specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a part of the bottom of my device. Fig. 2 is an end view with jaws opened. Fig. 3 is an end view, partly in section, with the jaws closed.

The rubber is made of any suitable material,

preferably of wood, and is composed of two like parts, A, hinged together, as shown. Each of these parts consists of a rubbing portion, I), and an upward-extending portion, at, having outward projections, g, the parts a g forming the handle of the device. At the lower portion, 6, of each of the parts a the interior surface is made concave to form the projections (1, which construction adapts the device to be used as a tongs for handling the clothing in boiling suds and water without burning the hand of the operator. The rubbing portions 6 are provided with cavities c, to form frictional surfaces to hold the clothing on the rubber while being washed, the suction caused by the cavities aiding in retaining the clothes on the rubber. Theparts A are connected by hinges f, applied at the upper surface of the.

suds and closed, like tongs, upon an article of clothing to place it upon the wash-board. The rubber is then closed and the parts 11 b placed down quickly on the wet clothes, and by means of the cavities c it adheres to the clothes with sufficient force to hold them while they are .rubbed back and forth upon the wash-board.

When they have been rubbed sufficiently, the rubber may be employed as a pair of tongs to hold the clothing while it is rinsed in boiling water. 7

Having fully described my invention, I olaim- The combination of the parts A and hinges f, whereby the parts are connected as described, said parts being provided with cavities'c, recessed portions 0, and projections d and g, substantially as shown and described.

JAMES B. OALKINS,

WVitnesses:

J AMES M. OALKINS, J AS. 0. BYERS. 

